New Heritage Day Seeks to Connect L.A.'s Historic Organizations

(Flickr pic by There2Roam.)

The Heritage Square Museum is throwing its first-ever "LA Heritage Day" on March 2, kicking off a new "Heritage Alliance" initiative to link our local history organizations and collections.

Some of the groups participating include the San Marino Historical Society, Lanterman House Museum (La Canada), Los Angeles Conservancy, Culver City Historical Society, Chatsworth Historical Society, Los Angeles City Historical Society, Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum, Lomita Railroad Museum and Foundation, Bilingual Foundation for the Arts, Venice Historical Society, Los Angelitas del Pueblo, Highland Park Heritage Trust, Historical Society of Southern California, Costumers Guild West , Grier Musser Museum, Campo de Cahuenga Historic Memorial Assn., Boyle Heights Historical Society, and Rancho Los Cerritos.

Event will take place on March 2 from noon to 4 p.m. Tours of the museum will be held; Admission is $10/adults, $8/seniors, $5/children ages 6-12.

The museum explains the initiative:

This alliance will work to unify the efforts of heritage organizations on matters of preservation, promotion, and communication.

"This isn't about raising funds - which is often the focus of museums - but rather, we're working together to step in and preserve our history," says Brian Sheridan, one of the organizers of the LA Heritage Day and LA Heritage Alliance. "Though we've been successful as individual groups, as an alliance, we will be able to work smarter and more efficiently to preserve the regions heritage and the plan for future efforts, as well."

Given the amount of history we've lost over the past few years (The Ambassador, etc.), an initiative like this couldn't hurt.

The Heritage Square museum is located at 3800 Homer Street, off the 110 Arroyo Seco Parkway (110/Pasadena Freeway) at Avenue 43, just north of downtown Los Angeles. But hey, take the Gold Line to the Heritage Square/Arroyo Gold station.